Telectroscope – a giant ‘telescope’ that linked London with New York allowing people on one side view the other side.

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The Telectroscope – a giant telescope that gives you the
possibility to see all the way from London to New York was
introduced in both capitals during the celebration of
the 125th anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge

Positioned at a spot near Tower Bridge, it allows people to watch their counterparts in New York, peering through an identical scope near the Brooklyn Bridge.

It is the invention of Paul St George, a 53-year-old artist in based in London who – using broadband internet cable to transmit video images between the two venues at high speed – gives the impression that the two cities are connected via a telescope under the Atlantic sea.